To our student members (and others who may wonder what the president is up to)
James F. Fairman · Electrical Engineering · 1950
IT IS with some trepidation that I address these remarks to the Student members of the Institute. Just a short time ago I listened to a lively and somewhat critical discussion among a group of undergraduates of the talks to which they had been exposed by a number of individuals whom I considered to be outstanding in their respective fields of public service. I wondered with more than a trace of uneasiness what was said by those students who had enjoyed the privilege of listening to me on a number of occasions in commenting subsequently upon my sage remarks as well as upon my age, mannerisms, personality, and motives. But that is one of the hazards of being President of the Institute and the critical point of view is by no means peculiar to our younger members.